E-auction 502-412991 - brm_649442 - QUINTILLUS Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 85 € |
| Price : | 32 € |
| Maximum bid : | 33 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 November 2022 14:18:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 270
Mint name / Town : Milan
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 3,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier bien centré, mais court sur les légendes. Beau buste de Quintille. Frappe molle au revers. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP QVINTILLVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Quintille à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Quintillus Augustus”, (L’empereur Quintille auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : F[IDE-S] - M-ILIT/ -|-// S.
Reverse description : Fides (La Fidélité) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant dans chaque main une enseigne militaire.
Reverse translation : “Fides Militum”, (La Fidélité des soldats).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Sans argenture. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum.
Historical background
QUINTILLUS
(08-10 or 11/270)
Quintille, brother of Claudius II, was proclaimed august by the troops at Aquileia after the latter's death. At the same time, Aurélien is also cheered by the troops stationed in Sirmium. Abandoned by his soldiers, Quintille prefers to commit suicide.
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